TRIPOLI/ZINTAN (Reuters) - A delegation for the International Criminal Court has been detained in Libya after one of its lawyers was found to be carrying suspicious documents for Muammar Gaddafi's captured son, a Libyan lawyer and a militia said on Saturday. The Australian lawyer, named as Melinda Taylor, was part of a four-member ICC delegation that travelled to the small western mountain town of Zintan to meet Saif al-Islam, who has been held there since his desert capture in...

* Jordan to inject $1 bln next year to stimulate growth * Donors step up aid to help with refugee influx By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Jordan aims to spend at least $1 billion next year in mainly Gulf-financed development projects to spur its aid-dependent economy, badly hit by an influx of 1.2 million Syrian refugees, the planning minister said on Tuesday. Jordan, along with Lebanon and Turkey, is one of the main host...

S&L insurance fund is low: The government fund that insures deposits at savings and loan banks could go insolvent in less than two years, the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation said. The Savings Association Insurance Fund, or SAIF, "is not in good condition, and its prospects are not favorable," FDIC Chairwoman Ricki Helfer said. SAIF is significantly underfunded, with a balance of $1.9 billion, or 28 cents in reserves for every $100 of insured deposits,...

Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan will host the upcoming South African Indian Film and Television Awards (SAIFTA) ceremony in Durban, South Africa, organizers announced on July 16. Word came during an event promoting the awards in Mumbai, where organizers also announced the jury for the Sept. 6 kudos. Held to laud performers from Indian and South African film and TV, the honorees will be selected by a panel including Indian bizzers Shabana Azmi, Waheeda Rehman, Mukesh Bhatt, Boman...

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - While the International Criminal Court wants Libya to hand over Muammar Gaddafi's son for trial, Tripoli remains unable to prize him out of the hands of the militia fighters who caught him last year. That's an obstacle the government is trying to overcome as it works to show that the country can give Saif al-Islam Gaddafi a trial that meets international standards, the man overseeing the case for the Libyan authorities said on Wednesday. Libya's...

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya, which wants to try Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam at home, expects the International Criminal Court (ICC) to decide in May whether it can do so, according to the Libyan lawyer handling the case. "We have submitted a great deal of evidence and documentation to convince them we are able," said Ahmed al-Jehani, the lawyer who liaises between the Libyan government and the ICC, which has indicted Saif al-Islam for war crimes. (Reporting...

AMSTERDAM, June 22 (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) has expressed regret to Libyan authorities in what seemed to come close to an apology designed to secure the release of four ICC employees detained in the country. Libyan officials said last week they may consider releasing ICC lawyer Melinda Taylor and three of her colleagues if the court apologised over allegations that she had attempted to carry sensitive documents to Saif al Islam Gaddafi, who...

ZINTAN, Libya (Reuters) - Saif al-Islam, a son of deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, appeared in court on Thursday in the town of Zintan, where he had been held since his capture by former rebels in November 2011. Saif al-Islam, at the center of a legal tussle between Libya and the International Criminal Court (ICC), smiled and told reporters he was in good health during his brief appearance. The powerful armed group in Zintan, which spearheaded the capture of Tripoli...

(Repeats April 27 story, text unchanged) * Libya, ICC both want to try Saif al-Islam Gaddafi * Libya needs to prove it has means to try Saif al-Islam fairly * Saif al-Islam still in custody of Zintan militia which captured him By Hadeel Al Shalchi and Marie-Louise Gumuchian TRIPOLI, April 27 (Reuters) - Putting the son of fallen leader Muammar Gaddafi on trial on their own soil is a matter of national pride for Libya's leaders, but...

TUNIS, March 22 (Reuters) - Algeria has said three of Muammar Gaddafi's children and his widow left its territory long ago, without saying where the relatives of the former Libyan leader had gone. The Libyan news agency quoted the Algerian ambassador to Tripoli, Abdel-Hamid Bouzaher, as saying the four had left Algeria "a long time ago", but did not specify when. Gaddafi's wife and three of his adult children sought refuge in Algeria in 2011 after...

James M. Skelton, 47, was elected president and chief executive officer of the Chicago-based Illinois Insurance Exchange. Skelton has served as executive director at the exchange for six years. The exchange also announced that Gary D. Hackley was named vice president-regulatory compliance. Hackley, 43, formerly was vice president-chief financial officer of SAIF Corp. of Salem, Ore. In other appointments, Edward G. Arnold was named controller, and Donald M. Wulf was appointed vice...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - SAIF Partners plans to launch a Greater China hedge fund, according to marketing material obtained by Reuters, becoming the first major Chinese private equity firm to branch out into the hedge world. SAIF, one of China's biggest homegrown private equity firms with about $4 billion under management, is currently speaking to investors about the plan, which is at an early stage. The SAIF Partners Greater China Fund will employ the...

* Hague court demands Libya hand over Saif al-Islam Gaddafi * Libyan gov't says still plans to try him itself * Rights groups say trial on Libyan soil may not be fair (Updates with Libya saying trial will be on its soil) By Ivana Sekularac and Marie-Louise Gumuchian AMSTERDAM/TRIPOLI, April 4 (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday ordered Libya to immediately hand over for trial Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of the late ...

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The trial of Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam may be delayed to include any relevant testimony obtained via interrogation from the country's former spy chief who was arrested on Wednesday, a government official said on Thursday. Government officials said in August that Saif al-Islam's trial on war crimes charges - the most high-profile prosecution of a figure from his late father's entourage to date - was due to begin in September. ...

* Arrests caused diplomatic controversy * ICC says does not want compromise Libyan security * Town where held is outside government control (Adds ICC team leaving Libya) By Hadeel Al Shalchi ZINTAN, Libya, July 2 (Reuters) - Libya freed four officials from the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday, whose detention since early June on spying allegations had plunged the interim government into its biggest diplomatic controversy since ...